This work chronicles the Ruth purchase as well as the more than 600 additional transactions made by the Yankees.

This work exhaustively chronicles the more than 600 transactions made by the Yankees. The author sets both the players and the deal in historical perspective, explaining why the Yanks and the other club involved made the deal, what expectations for their new players, and, for some, what the players involved thought about their old and new teams. This book corrects many errors in trade dates listed in the encyclopedias and trade registers.